gorse
gorse
Definition
gorse (gôrs)
noun
Etymology: ME gorst < OE < IE base *ĝhers-, to stiffen, bristle > L horrere, to stand on end
gors′y adjective
gorse
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- cover: From here you climb up to the gorse covered Rinsey Point, from where there's an end-on view back along the beach.
- have: To the north our neighbors agricultural land rises steeply, and has gorse and fern growing, which is a haven for wild life.
- include: Their foodplants include gorse, bramble and bird's foot trefoil.
- clear: Assist and clear the gorse from top of the cliffs.
- cut: He Who Was Not To Be Involved had to keep cutting back the gorse & bracken, which kept hiding the date.
Converse of subject
- dominate: Vegetation: some improved pastures, semi-natural grassland or heather moorland and some lowland areas are dominated by gorse or bracken.
Adjective modifier
- flowering: Holmes held up a crumpled branch of flowering gorse.
- yellow: There was plenty of yellow gorse in flower looking bright in the dull light.
- western: Common heather is frequent, but western gorse is a feature of the dry heath.
- thick: Rolling greens undulating fairways, hidden greens and thick gorse regarded by many as more difficult than ' The Old ' .
- golden: A magnificent sight is the early bloom of golden gorse.
- common: Typical plants are ' Pink lady ' , common hawthorn, common holly, firethorn and common gorse.
Modifies a noun
- ulex: Most of the dry heath is H2 Calluna vulgaris Ulex minor, characterized by dwarf gorse Ulex minor.
- bush: Frances threw her child into a gorse bush in order to save him.
- scrub: At the latter sites, gorse scrub may also occur.
- hedgerow: Robust field pattern reinforced by stone walls and gorse hedgerows.
- flower: All gorse flowers have a rich perfume redolent of the coconut chips sweets of our childhood.
- fire: Gorse fire on Arthur's Seat There was a gorse fire in the middle of Edinburgh on Monday 7th August.
Noun used with modifier
- dwarf: In the late summer and autumn the dwarf gorse opens its yellow flowers, but in winter and spring the tall common gorse blooms.
Preposition: in
- bloom: My most precious memory is deeply associated with smell of gorse in bloom.
